Dylan Kletter > Brown Rudnick LLP > Hartford, United States > Lawyer Profile

Brown Rudnick LLP
185 ASYLUM STREET
HARTFORD, CT 06103
CONNECTICUT
United States

Position

Dylan Kletter practices in the area of complex litigation. He represents entities and individuals across the country concerning a broad range of high-stakes commercial litigation matters.

Dylan is the co-leader of Brown Rudnick’s M&A and Private Equity Litigation Practice. Dylan has extensive experience in M&A litigation representing private equity firms, strategic acquirers, venture capital firms, family offices, activist investors, and entrepreneurs. Dylan routinely litigates high-stakes disputes concerning failed mergers and acquisitions, fraud, indemnification claims, reps and warranties insurance claims, earn-outs, working capital adjustments, and escrow disputes. Dylan’s M&A and private equity litigation practice includes both plaintiff and defense side work, predominantly in the Delaware and New York courts, as well as other jurisdictions selected as the forum by the transactional parties.

Dylan’s clients routinely turn to him to handle major portfolio company litigation concerning a variety of high-stakes disputes across the country concerning major customers or suppliers, restrictive covenants, and internal corporate matters.

Dylan also represents white-collar clients in criminal proceedings and government investigations.

Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Dylan served as a judicial clerk for Connecticut Supreme Court Justices Barry R. Schaller and C. Ian McLachlan, as well as a law clerk for the Honorable Christine E. Keller.

During law school, Dylan received awards in Criminal Law, Trial Advocacy and Appellate Advocacy. He also served on the Connecticut Law Review, the Moot Court Board, and the Mock Trial Society. Prior to law school, Dylan helped represent New York Times best-selling authors at International Creative Management (ICM) talent agency in New York.

Dylan is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys mountaineering, triathlons, surfing, and snowboarding.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: plaintiff

Brown Rudnick LLP has two skilled partners based in Hartford who handle focus on M&A and private equity litigation, both on the defense side and for plaintiffs. Though the practice is small, Mark Baldwin and Dylan Kletter have significant experience and clients remark that they are ‘tough-minded, fight tirelessly and are clearly smart on all issues and strategy‘. Frequently active in the Delaware Court of Chancery and in the Southern District of New York, as well as other fora across the US, the firm is a key adviser to one of the country’s largest professional shareholder representative service providers. This gives the firm a prominent role in fraud claims, earnout disputes, pre- and post-closing litigation, and disputes concerning breaches of representations, warranties and covenants.

United States > Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense

Brown Rudnick LLP in Hartford has an M&A and private equity litigation practice that handles high-profile, high-stakes commercial litigation disputes for both plaintiffs and defendants. It is active in the Delaware Court of Chancery and in the Southern District of New York, but also in courts across the US, particularly for matters involving representations and warranties insurance. Mark Baldwin and Dylan Kletter, who also works from the New York office, are the lead partners. Anthony Boccamazzo is a key counsel and the associate bench in the team includes Kelsey Bond.